RE: From Public Accounts Committee20 Jan 2021 10:10
Q114
Reply by David Williams
David Williams: That is one of the things that we will need to do, probably over the course of this year, to look at the balance between a lower-level throughput to keep facilities ticking over or whether we put some into extended readiness, to use the military metaphor; but also, just picking up on Mr Smith’s line of questioning earlier, the sort of end point PCR tests we ought to be able to deliver for £8 to £10 a test. Thinking about the balance of at-scale testing, the capacity in the network of Lighthouse labs and, as Mr Holden was asking about earlier, lab capacity within the NHS in pillar 1, it is really all in the mix for decisions this year.
So verifying £8-£10 pound